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	Birmingham and Worcester Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The canal was surveyed by Josiah Clowes and John Snape.
		Until 1814, direct connection to the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) was prevented by the Worcester Bar, a physical barrier at Gas Street Basin, Birmingham designed so that the BCN would not lose water to the Worcester and Birmingham.
		There are 58 locks in total on the canal, including the 30 Tardebigge locks, one of the largest lock flights in Europe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Birmingham_and_Worcester_Canal (267 words)

	Birmingham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Birmingham certainly does boast an unusual number of trees, and there 35 miles of canals within the Birmingham city boundaries (by comparison there are 26 miles of canals within the centre of Venice - that is, within the six sestieri, and thus a much smaller land area than Birmingham, source [1]).
		Birmingham is connected to London and the south, and the north-east of England and to Scotland by the M6 motorway.
		Birmingham's skilled workforce, and the fact that Birmingham was located near the coalfields of Staffordshire, meant that the town grew rapidly during the Industrial revolution.
	usapedia.com /b/birmingham.html (1634 words)

	Reed Hotel Boats
		A result was the Worcester bar, a solid barrier where the Worcester and Birmingham connected to the Birmingham canal to force goods to be transhipped between boats.
		In 1852 the Worcester and Birmingham canal company promoted the Droitwich Junction canal to connect from their canal at Hanbury Junction to the Droitwich barge canal from the centre of Driotwich to the River Severn.
		However, none of these canals ever paid any profits and, in fact, the tolls didn't even cover maintenance costs but the Gloucester and Sharpness company kept the routes to Birmingham open because it was very important to their own canal's survival.
	www.reedboats.co.uk /routes/canals/wor.html (1398 words)

	Encyclopedia: Birmingham and Worcester Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The city of Worcester (pronounced) is the county town of Worcestershire in England; the river Severn runs through the middle, with the citys large Worcester Cathedral overlooking the river.
		The Droitwich Canal is a synthesis of two canals; the Droitwich Barge Canal and the Droitwich Junction Canal, in England.
		The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal is a canal in the south west of England, between Gloucester and Sharpness.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Birmingham-and-Worcester-Canal (1817 words)

	Stratford Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Stratford-Upon-Avon Canal, opened in 1816, links Stratford (and Avon and Severn down to Bristol) to the Birmingham and Worcester Canal on the Southern outskirts of Birmingham.
		This is the Stratford-upon-Avon Basin at the Stratford end of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal.
		The Wootton Wawen Basin on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /heartofengland/stratfordcanal.htm (230 words)

	BCN Roots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Birmingham Canal Company bitterly opposed the scheme while the Trent and Mersey, Oxford and Coventry companies fully supported it because it would be used to complete an unfinished portion of the Coventry Canal which was preventing a through route from Manchester to London.
		The Worcester and Birmingham Canal was begun with its terminus only yards away from the Birmingham Canal but the Birmingham company would not allow a link to be made on the grounds that they would suffer too much water loss.
		This new route crossed the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal at Salford Park and was made up of two "modern" waterways, the Tame Valley Canal which linked into the Walsall Canal and (just to confuse matters) the Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal which linked into the Warwick and Birmingham Canal to the east of the city.
	www.btinternet.com /~canals/canals/bcnroots.htm (4395 words)

	The Mailbox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mailbox spans several floors, is very long and at the back is the Birmingham and Worcester Canal.
		The building was formerly the Royal Mail's main sorting office for Birmingham (hence its new name), but the redevelopment involved demolition of all but the steel sub-structure.
		In 2004 BBC Birmingham moved into a new complex of studios at the Mailbox which replaces the Pebble Mill site.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Mailbox (221 words)

	Worcester & Birmingham Canal
		The Worcester and Birmingham canal links the two cities, built to connect the River Severn in Worcester to the Birmingham Canal System via a quicker route than the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.
		The canal travels through some very pleasant countryside, climbing from the Severn through rolling fields and wooded cuttings and slicing through a hilly ridge south of Birmingham.
		OTHER CANALS Ashton Canal, Basingstoke Canal, BCN, Bridgewater Canal, Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, Coventry Canal, Grand Union Canal, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Kennet and Avon Canal, Lancaster Canal, Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Llangollen Canal, Macclesfield Canal, Mon.
	www.canaljunction.com /canal/worcester_birmingham.htm (527 words)

	Birmingham and Worcester Canal - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Birmingham and Worcester Canal - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		By March 1797 the 2726 yard tunnel at Wast Hill was open and the canal was trading to Hopwood.
		Birmingham and Worcester Canal, See also and External link.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Birmingham_and_Worcester_Canal (295 words)

	BBC - Hereford and Worcester News - Major redevelopement for canal basin in Worcester
		The canal basin at Diglis lies at the end of the Birmingham to Worcester canal near the Cathedral
		The basin lies at the end of the Birmingham to Worcester canal, where it meets the River Severn.
		Worcester City Council's Planning Committee are due to consider the application later this year and there are also plans for a public exhibition in the city.
	www.bbc.co.uk /herefordandworcester/news/2002/06/21/canal.shtml (234 words)

	Leeds and Liverpool (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		At Diglis, Worcester, a large canal basin was made, two locks up from the river Severn, to allow the sailing vessels of the river, the trows to gain access to the tranship cargoes.
		It was a very difficult and expensive canal to build, testing the ingenuity and skill of all those concerned, for they had to lift the canal over 400 feet (112 m) up to the Birmingham level through rolling hills.
		The tunnels on the canal are Dunhampstead (230 yards or 210 m), Tardebigge (580 yards or 530m), Shortwood (630 yards or 561m), West Hill (2,726 yards or 2,493m) and Edgbaston (105 yards or 96 m).
	linus.socs.uts.edu.au /~colville/acs/acsuk2c.html (371 words)

	Worcester & Birmingham Canal Society - 1969 - 1978
		Since 1969 the Society has organised 18 cruises on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal and its adjacent waterways including the Birmingham Canal Navigations. This is apart from cruises made by members individually or in groups to cruises and rallies organised by other societies.
		At Selly Oak itself, the canal is a receptacle for rubbish and a target for vandals. Selly Oak is a part of Birmingham which has seriously decayed in recent years, and whilst awaiting redevelopment, is a reproach to the City.
		An unusual feature of the abandonment was the acquisition of the canals and their lands by the Droitwich Borough Council. Thus arose a situation in which two abandoned canals became the responsibility of a Local Authority.
	catshill.com /wbcs/history1.htm (2672 words)

	Worcester, Worcestershire - The Local Area
		Nestling at the foot of the Malvern Hills, Worcester is an ancient English city with a modern outlook on life, where heritage and tradition link arms with the arts and up-to-the-minute shopping to vie for your attention.
		Worcester has one of the very best regional theatres, The Swan Theatre located near the Racecourse (Tel: 01905 27322) with its own professional company and a wealth of musical activity ranging from a symphony orchestra to pub and street entertainers.
		Huntingdon Hall, Worcester (Tel: 01905 611 427) is one of the country's premier intimate live music venues, showcasing a wide variety of talent in the fields of Jazz, Blues, Rhythm 'n Blues, Acoustic Rock, Classical, Folk and World music, together with a sprinkling of Comedy, Theatre and Dance.
	www.northwood-worcester.co.uk /html/the_local_area.html (739 words)

	Birmingham transport history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Birminghams earliest roots of transport manufacture lie in the Industrial Revolution with Lunar Society members like Matthew Boulton who was proprietor of the Soho engineering works and James Watt who made the steam engine into the power plant of the Industrial Revolution, the term horsepower was first coined by Watt.
		Frederick William Lanchester who was arguably the single most innovative automobile developer in the UK joined the Forward Gas Engine Company of Birmingham in 1889, he patented disc brakes in 1902 (even though his innovation was only widely adopted over half a century later).
		Longbridge has played a vital role in Birmingham and the wider conurbations employment since the invention of the aeroplane.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Transport-in-Birmingham-England/Birmingham-transport-history.html (356 words)

	Birmingham Canal Navigations
		In January 1972 Dudley Borough Council agree to contribute half the cost of restoring the canal and in September it was offically reopened.
		Runs from Worcester Bar, in the centre of Birmingham, where it joins the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, to Aldersley junction on the Staffordshire and Worcester.
		Birmingham Canal Navigations Society : A mix of pages about the BCN and the BCN Society.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Birmingham-Canal-Navigations.html (1007 words)

	Welcome To Worcester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The historic core of the settlement at Worcester developed on the east bank of the river, spreading northwards along an oblong sand and gravel river terrace which is overlooked by low lying hills to the east.
		Extending between the St John’s terrace and the river, from the bridge down to the junction with the river Teme, lies a broad alluvial plain which is subject to regular flooding (as are the Pitchcroft and Diglis areas).
		However, the 15th, 16th and 17th century timber buildings which can still be seen in Friar Street, New Street, the Trinity and the Cornmarket do provide a glimpse of what the later medieval city may have been like, and many of the city’s churches, including the cathedral, retain elements of their medieval fabric.
	www.cityofworcester.gov.uk /heritage/heritage.shtml (837 words)

	Birmingham and Worcester Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		By March 1797 the 2726 yard tunnel at Wast Hill tunnel was open and the canal was trading to Hopwood.
		Until 1814, direct connection to the Birmingham Canal Navigations was prevented by the Worcester Bar, a physical barrier at Gas Street Basin, Birmingham designed so that the Birmingham Canal Navigations would not lose water to the Birmingham and Worcester.
		There are 58 locks in total on the canal, including the 30 Tardebigge, one of the largest canal locks in Europe.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Transport-in-Birmingham-England/Birmingham-and-Worcester-Canal.html (269 words)

	The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The original line of the Dudley No.2 Canal passed at 90° to the present line where the two bridges are - the straight line of the current canal dates from the construction of the Tunnel in 1858 - the last major canal tunnel to be built.
		To the right is the mainline of the No.2 Canal which originally passed right through to the Worcester & Birmingham Canal via the infamous Lapal Tunnel (closed in 1917 due to subsidence) but now terminates at Hawne End.
		The entrance to the Bushboil Arm, the original line of the canal, is through this iron bridge - several od this design of bridge, cast at the Toll End Works can be seen around the area and on the Birmingham New Main Line.
	home.fastnet.co.uk /gerrycork/canals/bcn/dudley_no2_canal.htm (258 words)

	Birmingham Canals - Past & Present
		It was in 1782 that a canal was proposed which would connect the Wednesbury coalfields to the Coventry Canal.
		This canal was very much opposed to by the Birmingham Canal Company who already had a thriving business from the Wednesbury canal and could see their profits falling.
		Above:The Birmingham and Worcester canal leading up to "Old Turn" Junction with Birmingham's National Indoor Area in the background.This, by far has got to be one of the most fine examples of inner city canal restorations.
	www.starling101.btinternet.co.uk /canals/birmingham.htm (472 words)

	The Worcester and Birmingham Canal - Blackwell Online
		The Worcestershire and Birmingham Canal, some thirty miles long, was created from 1791, when it was authorised by Act of Parliament, to 1815 when it was completed 24 years later.
		Although intended as a broad canal for barges, and having five broad tunnels, it was eventually completed with narrow locks due to financial difficulties.
		Later chapters cover the history of the canal following its completion, its use for both commercial and pleasure purposes, its administration and management, its upkeep and maintenance, its involvement with railways, and the various industries and amenities, which were established beside it.
	bookshop.blackwell.co.uk /jsp/welcome.jsp?action=search&type=isbn&term=185858261X&source=3262433718 (351 words)

	Birmingham and Worcester Canal - Definition, explanation
		The Birmingham and Worcester Canal is a canal linking Birmingham and Worcester in England.
		A major user of the canal was the Cadbury chocolate factory at Bournville.
		There are 58 locks in total on the canal, including the 30 Tardebigge locks, one of the largest lock flightss in Europe.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/b/bi/birmingham_and_worcester_canal.php (386 words)

	Diglis Basin - Worcester & Birmingham Canal
		The Worcester and Birmingham canal is 30 miles long with 58 locks and was completed in 1815.
		The basins were opened in the 19th century to facilitate the transshipment of cargoes between the river and the canal.
		This is the entrance of the Worcester and Birmingham canal into the basin.
	www.joe.shakespeare.btinternet.co.uk /diglis_basin.htm (412 words)

	Stourport, Worcestershire, the location of the Inland Waterways Cruising School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The town originated as a canal port at the junction of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Staffs and Worcs) with the River Severn, and near the mouth of the River Stour.
		The canal opened during the period 1771 to 1776 having been designed and built by James Brindley.
		The river is much wider than the canal, the locks are larger and operated electrically by lock keepers.
	www.cruisingschool.co.uk /home/location/location.htm (266 words)

	Waterway and canal boat holidays, routes, cruises and information from the Worcester hire base of Viking Waterway ...
		It is conveniently placed for access to the Worcester Birmingham Canal, the Staffs.
		This canal brings you past Bournville (Cadbury World) and finally down the Tardebigge flight of locks to Worcester, passing through idyllic open countryside.
		At Kings Norton you turn left onto the Worcester Birmingham Canal, this brings you back to Worcester by way of the Tardebigge flight of locks and the rolling open countryside of North Worcestershire.
	www.viking-afloat.com /routes2.htm (748 words)

	Essex Echo
		Due to Katie being utterly petrified of steering the 58ft-long vessel, she was left with the task of winding up the paddle gears and opening the lock gates while I steered into position.
		The capitalists used the canals as short-cuts to transport raw materials between factories in different cities.
		The grubby reminders of the industrial past were also visible as the landscape subtly blurred from quaint lock- keepers' cottages and rural tranquility to gritty warehouses and concrete bridges.
	www.castlewharf.com /black_prince/echo311003.htm (764 words)

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